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Haha, talk about local color. I love this for its specifics, it really enlivens the gag. Thanks P! Have a wander by the Wandle for me. KS --- *Kasper Salonen* (B.A./HuK) Freelance Translation Poet/Producer/Vice Secretary, Helsinki Poetry Connection http://hkipoetryconnection.blogspot.com/ +358505554947 On 11 June 2014 11:39, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > RIVER > > I am not > criticising > she said > but it was > all very well > naming our son > Moses > but isn't it > a bit much > to make a cradle > to tar it > to float it > in the river > after all > the Wandle > is hardly > the Nile > and as far > as I know > there are no > Pharaoh's Daughters > living in > Earlsfield > > > pmcmanus > r573 > some here will know this but > > River Wandle is a local piddling River > Earlsfied -is a sub-suburbia nearby > This inspired by partner suddenly taking up a writing course -subject > 'River > Wandle' >